The council offered the use of a very solid brick building a former Second World War air raid shelter, with power and a nearby water supply, a better start could not have been wished for.
The building is now the locomotive depot, which was recently adapted by the addition of a 3-foot-high (0.91 m) steel end door for the rolling stock to gain access to it.
[1] The first stage of the venture at Thorne was completed by late July 1998, with a 600-foot (180 m) loop of dual 5-and-7+1⁄4-inch gauge (130 and 180 mm) ground-level track with a 100-foot-long (30 m) branch line to the preparation area and locomotive shed.
More recent work to the loco shed has seen the installation of a 3-foot (0.91 m) steel door to enable locomotives and rolling stock to be taken out directly on the track.
The Duke: Narrow gauge bogie steeple cab Bo-Bo battery electric locomotive painted BR blue with yellow ends.
Bogie driving truck based on a British Rail Diesel brake tender built by 17D miniatures in 2018 painted BR green livery.